Penguin Books

You'll never hear music in the same way again — Classic FM Magazine More…

O'Connor brings everything to this memoir — Financial Times More…

These 'notes in praise of Black performance' encompass dance, music, film, and standup, along with everyday affectations and embodiments of masculinity, fear, intimacy, and belonging. Subjects... — The New Yorker More…

Roger Scruton is in many ways the ideal interpreter of the Ring -- Adam Lively — Sunday Times More…

A loving and detailed biog — MOJO More…

Incisive . . . Thanks to Ratliff's vast knowledge, what could have been a dry academic exercise is more like a trip into the world's coolest record store -- David Browne — Rolling Stone More…

In his weaving of philosophy and musicology into an explication of redemption via the vehicle of compassion, this is an unparalleled, sadly posthumously published offering. It is at once required... — Opera Now More…

A fascinating memoir tells of life on the other side of the ampersand... optimistic, charming and terribly British — MOJO More…